“France is a great country. It has allowed me to become the person I am today and has given me the opportunity to dream big. Today, that’s what’s missing. That ambition is gone; that hope is gone,” he told Le Parisien.
Riner has no political experience, but he is one of France’s most popular athletes, and lit the Olympic cauldron at the Paris 2024 opening ceremony. He hinted about a possible presidential run last year.
This developing story is being updated.
Source: POLITICO Europe · Joshua Berlinger
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